Phoenix IV: Movies and Videogames

Phoenix IV: Movies and Videogames

Parker Brothers was another major company that began licensing games for home use.  In addition to acquiring arcade games like Sega’s Frogger, Parker Brothers also licensed the movie The Empire Strikes Back and designed a game around it. Even the cereal company...
Phoenix IV: Playstation Portable

Phoenix IV: Playstation Portable

PlayStation Portable It was expected that the GBA SP would be another hit in Nintendo’s stable of handheld successes that no other manufacturer could penetrate. But that wasn’t from a lack of trying. When SCE attempted to take a stab at it, everybody paid attention....
Phoenix IV: Polygonal Graphics

Phoenix IV: Polygonal Graphics

Polygonal Graphics Ironically, one of the last projects that the old Atari, Inc. released to the arcades reaffirmed the fact that the company’s designers could be as innovative as ever: I, Robot was the first game that featured state-of-the-art 3D polygonal...
Phoenix IV: Sega’s New Console

Phoenix IV: Sega’s New Console

As Nintendo and SCE volleyed for the top position, it was plain to see that Sega was no longer in the running, even though the Saturn was outselling the N64 in Japan.  American sales for the Saturn had fallen so dramatically during 1997 that Sega of America decided to...
Phoenix IV: Arcade Virtuality

Phoenix IV: Arcade Virtuality

As home consoles were becoming more sophisticated, arcade manufacturers had to stay one step ahead and devise games that couldn’t be played at home. Virtuality, a British company, introduced four virtual reality games into arcades. While the games were different, the...